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Subject:Cologne/Sweet cologne

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Volume 4 · printed page 2880 · Savannah, Ga.

Take up a track an' put it ovah a glass.

(On a glass. What kind of a glass?)

Eny kin' of lookin' glass.

(Oh! It must be a looking glass, a mirror?)

No, a mirrah [mirror] glass. An' yo' ta' kem [take them] back home.

(That all you do to it?)

No, den go tuh work an' take.some sweet cologne [unusual term] an' sprinkle 'em in de track.

(Which track do they get?)

Dey git de right-foot track. Pick it up - shovel it up an' put it on de mirrah, an' take dat cologne an' sprinkle ovah it an' put it tuh one side. An' evah day dey goes in dere an' sprinkle some more cologne fer nine days, an' in de nine days he'll come back.

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